A strange world

The bedroom door opened silently, and a head poked out of the corridor.

"Maid maid?"

Soft shouts echoed in the quiet corridor.

Annan lowered his head and found Abby sitting by the door, leaning against the wall and slowly waking up.

"Master Annan..."

Abby staggered to her feet.

"Please bring me a drawing board." Annan said to the sleepy Abby.

"oh."

The sleepy girl staggered away. Annan closed the door and returned to the bedroom to continue organizing her thoughts.

After a while, Abby entered the bedroom holding a drawing board and easel. Annan took them and placed them next to the desk.

"Thanks."

Abby, who was about to go out, stopped at this moment, her skirt fluttered lightly as she turned around, and asked hesitantly: "Master Annan, do you want to paint an oil painting?"

"Just remembering something."

Annan suddenly remembered the scene of her huddled by the door.

"Are you sleeping outside the door?"

"I...I'm too sleepy. I'm sorry, Master Anan."

"I'm not blaming you, go back to your room and rest."

"The head maid said that you need a servant to serve you at all times."

"No... okay." Annan realized that he really needed the maid's help. He looked at the room on the other side of the corridor outside the bedroom door: "Is the room next door a bedroom?"

"……I have no idea."

Annan thought for a while, took off the oil lamp hanging on the wall, walked to the opposite side of the corridor, and opened the unknown door.

Light peeked into the room, revealing a dresser and a round bed.

It's just an ordinary guest room, but there's something strange about it opposite the master bedroom.

"You can rest here and don't close the door."

Abby thought of something, lowered her head, and said "hmm" hesitantly.

Annan hung the oil lamp next to the door, returned to the study, closed the door gently, and then rummaged through the drawers and desk. But no paintbrush was found, and the fireplace was clean.

Abby must have been lying down not long ago. Annan gave up on waking her up and walked out of the bedroom slowly and walked to the study at the end of the corridor.

The oil lamp here is always bright, but there is no pen to paint clearly on the drawing board. Annan still found a basket of charcoal in the utility room next door.

After picking out a few long pieces of charcoal that were convenient for drawing, Annan returned to the study and was about to scribble on the drawing paper with a drawing board when he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something——

"Dara?"

"What's wrong?"

A slender figure emerged from the shadows.

"...Have you always been here?"

"If you mean you ran to the study and took two pieces of carbon from the utility room."

"You should go and rest too."

"good."

Dara didn't ask why, nor did she say she didn't need to rest, so she walked out of the bedroom with her long legs.

Click——

After confirming that he was the only one left in the bedroom, Annan first wrote the names related to the incident vertically in order:

Fu ○ ○ ○

wine lady

Michael

Aldo

Oss·Aldo (Aldo’s father)

countess

Della

Soruman Bronzebeard

Rona·○○○

Andrew Luna

Levi's sisters

Levi's

Then correspondingly write down the forces related to the event on the other side:

old aristocracy

mage tower

breeze city

king in the north

secret society

rat man

unknown

Slightly distanced from the drawing board, Annan held the charcoal and looked at the first name on the left, Francois.

Francois needed to wash away his family's shame. This was the reason why he turned to him, and he had not concealed this from the beginning, so Annan connected it with the King of the North he represented.

The Wine Lady is a little complicated. As the first person to come into contact with her, she has a close relationship with Fast and others, and should be related to the secret society. But she recently opened up to herself about her family's troubles. Such easily verified words are unlikely to be lies. So... Annan connected the Wine Lady to the King in the North, and drew an extra dotted line to the Secret Society.

Michael. As the mage of the Mage Tower, he should be consistent with the Mage Tower and remain neutral, so he undoubtedly belongs to the Mage Tower. Michael said that he just wanted to watch himself grow... But like the Wine Lady, he was inseparable from Mr. Fast, so he was also the King of the North with a solid line, and a dotted line connected to the Secret Society.

Olmedo. This young and upright city lord put Annan in a difficult position. He was not on the side of the old nobles, nor on the side of the Mage Tower, or maybe even on the side of his family. Annan had no choice but to temporarily connect him with Breeze City, and connected the dotted line to the old city. noble.

Augusta Olmedo. Annan has only met the master spellcaster who was once suspected to be the mastermind behind the scenes, and knows very little about it, but he is still the biggest suspect in the attack on Reeves' convoy... A solid line belongs to the old nobles, and a dotted line belongs to the rat people.

The countess... seemed unquestionably an old aristocrat. But the Wine Lady said she seemed to want to join the King in the North as well. In addition, the countess's different reactions at the banquet and the manor made people suspicious, and Lorna Gilman once said at the banquet that the countess's meat was smelly and old... so Lady Maria was connected by Annan's solid line. Toward the Old Nobility, two dotted lines point one to the King in the North and one to the Skaven.

Della. She ostensibly obeyed the Lady of Wine, but Annan felt that her relationship with him was more important than her relationship with the Lady of Wine, so he connected her to the King of the North.

Soruman Bronzebeard, like Michael, is associated with secret societies.

Lorna Gilman, a freak, connected to the unknown.

Andrew Luna is still closely related to Fast and others, and rarely comes to him. For the time being, a dotted line connects to the secret society.

Levi's sisters... Annan connected them to the King of the North without any further thought.

Levi's...that's the only exception. Annan did not connect him, but circled him alone.

Since coming to Breeze City, everything Annan has encountered has been related to Levis and the Reeves family behind him. Thinking conspiratorially, is there really a vengeful undead spirit possessing himself, the counterfeit, allowing him to lure out the real murderer and take revenge on him?

Annan labeled those around him. Although the lack of clues makes these organized labels not very rigorous and even full of loopholes...it barely allows Annan to know who to trust and who to keep a distance from:

Even to his own Francois, the wine lady, Michael, and Sister Levi.

Augusta Olmedo and the Countess to the Rat Man

It's a pity that too many circles affect the aesthetics.

But that doesn't matter anymore. As Annan tore off the drawing papers, threw them into the firewood under the crucible and ignited them, turning them into irrecoverable ashes.

Annan began to meditate every day, and then fell asleep after finishing it. The experience during the day gave Annan a mixed dream.

He dreamed that he was sitting on a couch, and behind the couch, lined up were the Wine Lady, the Countess, Tutor Irelanzer, Della, a pair of beautiful sisters and a blonde woman.